Do you know of an alternative? Looking around the net, I
can't find any sites that say Dupin isn't the first fictional
detective, merely sites that corroborate the claim. It would
be nice to know who the first really is.
--Stewart
On 4/20/06, Jess Nevins <
jjnevins@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >Small but important point here: the name of
Poe's seminal fictional
> >consulting detective was "C. Auguste Dupin," not
"Auguste C. Dupin."
>
> Nor was he the first fictional detective, and "Rue
Morgue" wasn't
> the first detective story. But never
mind.
>
> jess
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